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electrorheological fluid
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electrorheological fluid

Another name for a smart fluid, a liquid suspension that gels when an electric field is applied across it.



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Example applications include self-coupled dampers based on ER fluid and piezoelectric ceramic for vibration control, and a flexible sandwiched ER composite for sound transmission control.
An ER fluid usually consists of fine dielectric solid particles suspended in a nonconducting oil phase.
A hollow beam filled with ER fluid and fitted with load-monitoring sensors could respond to changes in load by changing, says, its stiffness and vibrational frequencies.
 
 
 
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